Cultural character (5)
I believe the answer is:
ethos
'cultural character' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ethos that I've seen before include "Spirit (of, eg, an age)" , "Typical culture or attitudes" , "Those (anag.)" , "Characteristic spirit of a community - for those" , "General feeling" .)